Chris Lynn beats Chris Gayle to be voted by 600,000 fans as BBL's biggest-ever hitter

much-awaited Big Bash League 2020 (BBL 2020) season went underway today (Thursday, December 10) at Hobart’s Blundstone Arena with a match between Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Sixers. Just a day prior to commencement of tournament, KFC Big Bash League anunced winner of fan-voted “Biggest Hitter of BBL”. battle ultimately boiled down to two T20 heavyweights, Chris Lynn and Chris Gayle, with Australian batsman winning poll with 57 percent of fan votes.

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BBL 2020: Brisbane Heat skipper and Dream11 IPL 2020 winner Chris Lynn wins fan poll

Chris Lynn defeated likes of Chris Gayle and his own Australian teammates like Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Finch among ors to become “Biggest Hitter” in history of BBL. KFC Big Bash League anunced result on ir social media accounts on Wednesday, December 9, i.e. a day prior to launch of BBL 2020. Here is a look at how entire poll panned out as Lynn took home top hours.

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A look into Chris Lynn stats in BBL

Fittingly, Chris Lynn is also most prolific run-scorer in history of BBL. Since his tournament debut with its first-ever edition back in 2011, Lynn has minted 2,332 runs at an aver of 37.61 across his 77 BBL games. Australian T20 barbarian has cleared fence on 146 occasions, i.e. 63 times more than second-placed Aaron Finch.

Chris Lynn is w slated to lead Brisbane Heat in ir opening BBL 2020 game against Melbourne Stars at Canberra. match is scheduled to be played on Friday, December 11, and action will commence from 1:45 pm IST onwards.

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Big Bash live in India: HUR vs SIX live updates

Hobart Hurricanes batted first against Sydney Sixers and scored 178-8 in first match of BBL 2020 season. At time of publishing, Sydney Sixers reached 125-3, still requiring ar 54 runs from 30 balls. For furr HUR vs SIX live as well as overall Big Bash live in India updates, tune into Sony SIX SD and HD channels. live scores will also be available on social media ps of Cricket Australia, KFC Big Bash League and that of competing teams.

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Im source: Brisbane Heat Twitter